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So the man gave up the beer. He got a good look at the license plate of the truck, an 2005 Chevy Colorado, and passed along the plate number to dispatchers.

A Bellingham police officer happened to be in the area, saw the truck, and pulled it over at Britton Road and Northshore Drive, Scanlon said.

Officers arrested the driver, David Alexander Figueroa, 23, and the alleged gunman, David Anthony Hogan, 24, within a half hour of the 911 call.

Six cans of Miller High Life and six bottles of Deschutes beer were discovered in the truck — a match for the stolen beers. Hogan and Figueroa spoke with officers but “didn’t really have an explanation” for what happened, Scanlon said.

Both men face charges of robbery in the first degree. Jail records list an additional charge of driving with a license suspended in the third degree for Figueroa, and a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm for Hogan.